God has given us one book that can change the entire direction of our lives, the Bible.

And in this study, journeying through scriptures, we will take a brief big-picture look at every book of the Bible,

tracing God's unfolding story from Genesis to Revelation.

Our prayer is that this journey will stir your heart to open God's word daily.

Let's join Scott Pauli for today's study.

We've been walking through the great letters of the New Testament, and we've come now to the one New Testament letter, the one New Testament book that was written to a woman and her children. It is the

little book of 2 John. And 2 John, verse 1, says, the elder, that's John, unto the elect lady and her children,

whom I love in the truth, and not I only, but also all they that have known the truth.

John is writing to a woman.

We don't know exactly who she is, but he refers to her as the elect lady.

So we know she's a believer. We know she belongs to the Lord.

And her children, obviously, are those that she's guiding to God, those that she's teaching and bringing along in the faith.

And I love that. You know, the gospel of Jesus Christ is for male and female.

And the work of the Lord Jesus Christ is to be engaged in by both men and women.

And 2 John is a wonderful reminder of that.

Now, the theme of the book is walking in the truth. Truth is referred to repeatedly.

Matter of fact, five times in 13 verses. The word truth is mentioned. But John is not just talking

about the truth as a body of truth or something to be believed. Rather, he's showing the way the truth is to be lived out.

He uses this phrase, walking in truth.

Listen to verse number four.

I rejoiced greatly that I found of thy children walking in truth

as we have received a commandment from the Father.

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